there was an incident at middlebury, charles murray. protesters surrounded his car, a protester was injured in that incident. harold mcdonald was prevented from speaking on the claremont mckenna campus, where students were disciplined for that, which is unusual. usually protesters get away with no criticism. a federal judge left white supremacist, richard spencer speak on campus after loss the aclu might have been involved in and violence erupted between protesters and attendees. mayday protests in santa cruz, people were assaulted. protests are getting violent and i don't think it is necessarily students. it has been a lot of left-wing agitators who come onto the campuses to use the conservative speaker is an excuse for violent agitation. protests prompted campus closure at another university as a result of violent protesters and a slice from this year, litigation occurred in the university of washington attempted to charge the university of washington $17,000 security fee for a campus rally with one of the groups called patriot prayer

politics right back to 1994 to charles murray, there's imprints of politics all over this book, it's not said anything aside, in fact, it's thrown open the door to bring these politics right back into our living rooms and most concern, most concern to me to our classrooms, there are people, good people, liberal people in universities across the country who would never think of signing something by charles murray to the class, hill-billiology is great. you don't have to like it, it's a marketplace of ideas, it's the conversation that this can generate, it's the ideas that we can talk about, it's a prompt, that's all it is, it's a prompt, very dangerous, very, very dangerous and people don't have, you know, deconstruct that because appalachia is something that we want to see and think about when there's a problem. appalachia is not a place, it's a problem. and that is the enduring narrative in our enduring place in the world like people like jd.vance. >> that was great, really great. yeah, on a more granular level in the book, the one thing that really caught my attention immediately w

it's politics reach right back to 1994 to charles murray seliger. there are imprints ofpolitics all over this book .it does not set anything side aside, in fact it's thrown open the door to bring these politics right back into our living rooms and is of most concern to our classrooms, there are people, good people, liberal people and universities across the country who would never think of assigning something about charles murray to their class were saying hillbilly elegy is great. it's just what we need. were going to have meaningful conversations about this book, you don't have to like it but it's a marketplace of ideas, it's the conversation that this can generate, it's ideas we can talk around. it's a prop, that's all it is. it's very dangerous and people don't have the chops to deconstruct that because appalachia issomething we only want to see and only want to think about when there's a problem. appalachia is not a place, it's a problem . and that is the enduring narrative andour enduring place in the world for people like jd vance . >> that w

not even comfortablives rage from jordan to jason rile and he charles murray. there is a variety of conservatives who are really rioted against on campus. and the rad registration has really not done enough to prevenn that from happening when they do attempt to stop it the way they do it is bringing cops on catch us and suggesting we have to restrict people who can attentive. they restrict free speech >> again, irony the free speech move am started at berkeley and berkeley is center of ground zero of the antifree speech movement in the us today. the last couple of days a development that fits with our series at pen state. student power network with other students gathered to personality a list of demands to president baron. demands include denounce anding defunding hate groups. i think, are the nazis? who is on campuses? us communist? no groups with antiim grant rhetoric. am i guess someone in faithful of enforcing the border? what does that mean >> where up to and including points during the election people were bar friday writing trump's name it made people f

seen violence middle bury college where an angry mob chased charles murray off the campus and gave the professor who agreed to moderate the speech, concussion. maybe you heard about an astonishing incident at texas southern school of law last fall where the university president, accompanied by a state senator, interruptedded a speech by texas state representative briscoe king. the university president claimed that the event was not properly approved despite a long paper trail of e-mails showing the law school had in fact approved of the event. the law school deemed -- this is extraordinary -- who was in attendance, announced he is investigating the matter. a dean investigating the university president's behavior. last month, we saw the tactic of shoot shutting down political o -- haas year we saw that tactic of shutting down political opponents doesn't only target conservative speakerred the executive director of the aclu of virginia talked, ironically but the first amendment right of students, was shout done by protester that were angry but thing a aclu's defense of white supremacist

when charles murray way shouted down at middlebury, for example, part of what got a lot of attention was the fact it was recorded in the video went viral. that would not up into ten or 15 years ago. we are much more aware things that happen on college campuses now than we used to be. that may make it look like it's happening a lot more often but also makes it feel like it's happening a lot more often than it used to happen. it's not completely evident that that is necessary happening a lot more often than it used to although i think there are particular elements of it. having said all that it is true that are genuine problems on some college campuses. there are places within universities that are very hostile to free speech. there are some particular colleges and universities with a got a very particular problem in their own immediate campus culture, and it's important to address those problems when they arise. it's important to try to fix those problems and it is constantly born to try to push back against those that advocate the other side. when we think about what exactly should w

when charles murray was shouted down for example it was recorded in the video went viral. that may make it look like it's happening a lot more often than millie in fact it does. it also makes it feel like it's happening a lot more often than it used to happen. i think their particular elements of it. i think it's true that there are genuine problems on some college campuses. there are places within universities that are very hostile to free speech. they have a very particular problem in their own immediate campus culture. and it's important to address those problems when they arise. i think it's constantly important to try to push back against those that are advocating the other side. where exactly should we draw the line legally on suppressing speech we might think that's dangerous. if you do not fight the fights on the college campus now with students al and pat faculty now. don't be surprise ten or 20 years from now. you don't see courts making decisions that move that line and don't embrace the view that hate speech is not constantly protected. the debates we are seen

. >> preventing a lecture by charles murray.testers later turned violent. >> mcdonald was set to hold a lecture on the war on cops. police had to shut down the events. >> ben shapiro. >> incidents like these becoming all too common on campuses across the country today. >> when i was a student here, conservative views were barely welcome. but professor george says the tide may be turning. he's the founder and director of the james madison program in american ideals and institutions, teaching an understanding in our nation's founding principles and encourages students to think critically and decide for themselves. >> is it better or worse when i was here? >> i suppose the situation has gotten worse. but here at your alma mater there's a strong vibrant conservative movement here at princeton. there are a number of faculty members. >> many of the faculty members get together on tuesday for a discussion of current events. i spoke to a few about their experience as a conservative on campus. some of them have been at princeton since th

lewis, r former cbs news correspondent nelson, tt and murray vice president of news and public affairs at pbs. hosted this dation conference at the charles wright african-american history in detroit. >> good evening, i'm darren walker. i am the president of the ford foundation, and i welcome you to this special occasion. i want to thank you all for being with us this evening, and before i proceed with thanks and gratitude, i have to call out a special colleague, a remarkable woman, indefatigable in talent and brilliance, whose vision it has been for us to gather on the occasion of the current commission's 50th anniversary. please welcome and offer gratitude to my colleague, the irrepressible, inevitable -- [applause] >> so happy that she is at the ford foundation, and as we gather on this occasion to reflect on media and journalism and democracy, we're gathering at a moment when the press in this country and around the world finds itself under assault. from a more divisive discourse to the emergence of echo chambers on air and online, to questions about freedom of the press and truth and basic facts, we are facing an information crisis i

lewis, r former cbs news correspondent nelson, tt and murray vice president of news and public affairs at pbs. hosted this dation conference at the charles wright mu